How to Use evacuate in a Sentence

evacuate

verb
  • People who live along the coast are being evacuated as the hurricane approaches.
  • Residents were ordered to evacuate the building.
  • Residents have been ordered to evacuate.
  • The bus was evacuated as fire crews worked to put out the blaze.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The bomb threat forced the plane to evacuate, and the flight was canceled.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • John, who did not give his last name, was among those evacuated.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • The actress was forced to evacuate from her ranch with all her pets when the fires broke out.
    — Lori A Bashian Fox News, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • They are obliged to stay as long as some residents cannot or will not evacuate.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
  • All three fires were contained and no homes were evacuated.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The plane returned to the gate and was evacuated.
    — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Three homes have been evacuated and people are being asked to avoid the area.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Not everyone evacuates at once in a storm.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • The man was able to safely evacuate the home with two dogs, Joiner said.
    — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 27 Oct. 2022
  • All members of the crew have been evacuated.
    — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The agency advised that those told to evacuate should do so with caution.
    — David Chiu, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Smith said some in the area had been evacuated as a precaution.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Not everyone was able to evacuate in time.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The agency's metro air support team was at the scene to evacuate people in groups of two to four.
    — NBC News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • As the manager tried to evacuate customers from the store, the bear ran out.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The entire building was forced to evacuate, and no one was injured.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 1 May 2023
  • Some of those closer to the water had a rough night — from their homes flooding and the calls to evacuate.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The explosion set off the fire alarm and evacuated the school.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Two adults living in the adjoining unit were able to evacuate.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
  • One neighbor had to evacuate his home, and some are still displaced from the fire due to smoke damage.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Lamothe and his son, Ryan, were the second-to-last people to evacuate the area.
    — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • People evacuating from the coast may have to move further to get out of the path of danger.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In a twist of fate, a prestigious art school had also been evacuated to that city.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Sentsov was part of an effort to deliver food and supplies to them, and to evacuate them.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
  • And then, after the war began, told people to evacuate.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • If a major coastal storm is headed our way, stay informed and be prepared to evacuate.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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